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Background<\/strong><\/p>\n Ghana went to the ITLOS in September 2014, under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), seeking a declaration that it has not encroached on Cote d\u2019Ivoire\u2019s territorial waters.<\/p>\n It filed its suit based on Article 287 Annex VII of the 1982 UNCLOS.<\/p>\n Cote d\u2019Ivoire in February 2015 filed for preliminary measures and urged the tribunal to suspend all activities on the disputed area until the definitive determination of the case, dubbed: \u201cDispute Concerning Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary between Ghana and Cote d\u2019Ivoire in the Atlantic Ocean.\u201d But the Special Chamber of the ITLOS on April 25, 2015 declined to suspend production activities in the disputed area.<\/p>\n The Chamber at the time explained that in its view, \u201cthe suspension of ongoing activities conducted by Ghana in respect of which drilling has already taken place would entail the risk of considerable financial loss to Ghana, and its concessionaires and could also pose a serious danger to the marine environment resulting, in particular, from the deterioration of equipment.\u201d<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Marian Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
\n\u201cCase 23\u201d was filed by Ghana after 10 failed negotiations.<\/p>\n
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